Pan-lifter.



D. -S. GOSSETT. PAN LIFTER.

APPLICATION FILED DBO.4,1907.

91 O, 190. Patented Jam-19,1909.

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Application filed Decemherl To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID S. Gossnrr, a citizen ot'the. United States, and a resident of Plover, in the county of Pocahontas and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Pan-Lifter, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to pan lifters, such as used in removing hot pans or the like from a cooking range.

The object of the invention is to provide a device or this class, which is very simple in construction and which can be quickly applied and removed, and which will operate to hold itself in engagement with the pan atterhaving been a )plied.

A. further object oi the invention is to provide a construction for the device, which will enable it to hold the lid of the pan in position at the same time that it holds the. device upon the pan.

The invention consists in the construction and conihii ation of parts to he more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification. in which similar cha 'acters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures, and in whicl I Figure l is a perspective of a pan, illustrating the device applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a vertical section through a pan and its cover, and showing the device partly in section; and Fig. 3 is a plan of a portion of the device, further illustrating details of its construction.

Referring more particularly to the parts, 1 represents a pan of any common form, such as shown, being provided at its upper edge, vith a head or lip 2, which projects out wardly. This pan provided with a removable cover 3 of common form. The panlit'ting device l, comprises a inn 5 of wire rod or similar material, and at the part of this rod which is applied to the pan, the rod is formed into an upward otlsel extension 3. This extension is formed at its upper end into a Y having t'orks 7 which diverge from each other, as shown.

The ends otthesc forks are heat downwardly andtorined into claws or fingers .3, which are adapted to engage under the head 2, as illustrated clearly in Figs. 1 and 2. Near the root or crotch ot the Y, I provide a saddle 10 of light sheet metal, which is bent around the oii'set ex Specification of Letters Patent.

, "1907. Serial No. 205,012.

Patented Jan. 19, 1909.

tension 6, and this saddle rigidly holds in position a leaf sprin 11, the edges of the saddle being clamped under'the spring, as illustrated most clearly in Fig. 2. This spring 11 is in the term of a bow, as'sliown in Fig. 2, the ends of the spring being adapted to rest against the upper side of the cover, as shown.

At the end of the bar 5, remote from the pan, a rigid handle or main handle 12 is attached, and slidably nioul'rted on the bar 5, near the pan, 1 provide a sliding handle or auxiliary handle 13. This handle 13 consists of tubular sleeve ot-wood or similar material, at. the forward extremity of which a yoke or ll is attached. This yoke or shoe has a saddle 15, receiving the forward end of the sleeve, and presents a verticallyisposed web or plate 16, which extends transverselyto the rod, that is, it extends at right angles to the rod. Upon this plate or web 16 is formed a horizontalfiange 17, which projects toward the pan from the lower edge of the plate, and presents a rounded concave edge 18, which is adapted to engage under the head or lip 2 of the pan, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

For operating the device.'the hooks or tin- ;zcrs 8 are applied to the remote edge of the pan. and the bar 5 is held in a position such that the handle 3 when slid toward the pan, may engage the lip 2, as illustrated. In this position of the bar. the spring 11 exerts a resilient downward. pressure on the cover and tends to hold the pan in position, as will be readily understood. Attention is called to the fact that the spring 11 has its longitudinal axis disposed in the (.lirect'ion in which the rod extends. solhal the point at which the pressure of the spring is exerted hctweeii the points of support of the pan and the lifter In this way. the spring helps to hold the pan in equilibrium and prevents anv tendency of it to tip laterally. ll will he noted that this position oi the. spring fa cilitates the pouring of? of water ll'UHI the pan without compl tely removing the cover or the pan litter. in order to accon'lplish this, it is only necessary to lip the pan slightly and raise the depressed edge of the cover a little. The spring otl'crs little resistance to the raising of the cover at the side. since the leverage of the spring is short.

ln order to hold the shoe l-lasz'ainst the edge of thc pan, l provide a. coiled sprilng i l around the stem 5, between the handles ried by said bar thrusting downwardly and to engage the pan at a point opposite said sliding handle and said forks and thrusting downwardly on the cover of the pan to maintain the pan in engagement with said forks and said handle.

4. A pan-lifter, consisting of a bar having means for engaging the pan at one side, a movable engaging member for grasping the 12 and 18, as shown; this spring makes it unnecessary to hold the handle 13 in place I with the hand.-

Having thus described my invention, I l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A pan-lifter, consisting of a bar having I engaging means for grasping one edge of a pan at. the. opposite side, a sprim on said bar pan, a movable engaging member for grasptending to force said movable engaging resilient member the cover of the pan and holding said bar in engagementwith the pan.

5. A pan-lifter, consisting of a bar adapted to be applied across and above the pan and having engaging means for the lip of the pan on opposite sides of the pan, and a how spring attaohedito said bar longitudinally therewith and adapted to press the cover of said pan to force the same downwardly, and. holding said engaging means against said lip.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribingwitnesses DAVID SAMUEL GOSSETT Witnesses L. H. BROOK, J'. D. WALLACE.

ing the edge of the pan at a point opposite member forward, and a said first means, and a resilient member car thrusting down on imparting pressure to the pan to maintain said engaging means in engagement there- With.

2. A lifting device, consisting of a bar having means formed at one end thereof for engaging the lip of a pan, a sliding member on said bar, adapted to engage the pan at a point opposite said first means, and a resilient member carried by said bar and thrusting downwardly on the cover of the pan. v

3. A pan-litter, consisting of a bar having forks at the end thereof engaging the lip of a pan, a sliding handle on said bar adapted forks, and a resilientmember between said 

